Eric F Adams Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 I've been told the leaders are Manfrotto...Satchler...Miller...O'Connor...Cartoni, but I have burnt myself out trying to compare characteristics/prices of all the above. The tripod will be used for an Arri SR2. My question is...(and it's a 3 part question if you don't mind) 1) which brand? 2) which model of that brand? 3) why did you choose this model/brand? The price I'm shooting for is "middle-of-the-road"....not dirt cheap, nor top of the line. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much. Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Adrian Sierkowski Posted January 27, 2011 Premium Member Share Posted January 27, 2011 O'Connor 50D. Because I use it on my SR3, and I like it a lot; very nice and fluid and pretty affordable and built like a tank! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric F Adams Posted January 27, 2011 Author Share Posted January 27, 2011 Great...thanks Adrian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Waterman Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 I really like the OConnor 2065 fluid head. We have this for our Red One package, and it's great. It will balance your SRII camera perfectly, and all of the controls are similar/in the same location as the industry standard OConnor 2575. http://www.ocon.com/products/fluid-heads/2065-1.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Coss Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Eric, Just so you know, none of the above suggestions are actually tripods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shidan Saberi Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Miller. I've got both miller and manfrotto products. Miller is the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Adrian Sierkowski Posted January 31, 2011 Premium Member Share Posted January 31, 2011 True, they're heads, but for legs themselves, well you nust need to find one which has the right bowel size ans can handle the weight. I have O'Connor 660.. I think, Legs for my 50D head, but in the end, I'll put it wherever I need to put it and it's generally sold with legs attached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric F Adams Posted February 14, 2011 Author Share Posted February 14, 2011 Thanks so much for the suggestions. William, so the head and legs are sold separate? Is that what you are saying... Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Marque DeWinter Posted April 19, 2011 Premium Member Share Posted April 19, 2011 On the upper end heads and legs are sold separately, and when not in use tend to stay separated because most of the upper end are Mitchell base. An O'Connor 2060 is probably the most common in recent years from my experience. I have one, plus a 2065 they're very similar and the weight capacity is only around 10lbs difference. The 120EX is typically overkill. The 2065 is around $10,500 for the head and set of babies and standards will run you another $3,000 plus another $1,000 for cases. In the video/eng world Sachtlers are the standard with the Video 18 probably the most common. A complete sachtler 18 runs about $7,000 ~Marque Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew French Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 I have also been looking at tripods recently. For its price is the Miller Arrow 55 worth a buy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Mohrman Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 I have also been looking at tripods recently. For its price is the Miller Arrow 55 worth a buy? Matt, I use the Arrow 55 on a regular basis with Sony 350. I really like miller tripods and heads. I say it is worth the price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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